जिठानी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪ.ʈʰɑː.niː/, [d͡ʒɪ.ʈʰäː.niː]

Noun

जिठानी • (jiṭhānī) f (Urdu spelling جِٹھانی)

1. alternative form of जेठानी (jeṭhānī, “husband's elder brother's wife”)

Declension

Declension of जिठानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जिठानी jiṭhānī	जिठानियाँ jiṭhāniyā̃
oblique	जिठानी jiṭhānī	जिठानियों jiṭhāniyõ
vocative	जिठानी jiṭhānī	जिठानियो jiṭhāniyo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जिठानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1753
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जिठानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 371